25. Dead Line (9)
Manju Sahua.
The Chinese scientific name is safflower Lycoris, Lycoris family, the name of Manzhu Sahua is derived from the Lotus Sutra, and the real name is Moko Manzhu Sahua, which means the red flower that blooms in the heavenly realm. There are also other names such as "Golden Lantern", "Red Arrow", and "Dragon Claw Flower", and the most famous of the many names is the ominous name "Flower of the Other Side".
The ecology of this flower can be described as giving people bad associations everywhere - it is reminiscent of the color of the flowers of blood and death, the rhizomes are poisonous, they like to grow in eerie and damp places such as graves or country roads, and the flowering season is mostly around the Qingming Festival and the Midyear Festival - such a peculiar ecology is combined with the human concept of life and death and imagination, and the ominous title of "Flower of the Other Side" was born. In folklore, the other side of the flower is the flower that blooms on the Yellow Spring Road, a large area of blooming flowers on the other side of the road is the only scenery on the Yellow Spring Road, from a distance it looks like a carpet paved with blood, and because of its bright red like fire, it is known as the "road of fire", the dead soul follows the guidance of the flower, surrounded by the fragrance of flowers that can awaken sad memories to the underworld......
Let the entire encirclement of the Rhine Front be full of flowers - the implication is self-explanatory.
"Ladies and gentlemen. β
The brain quantum waves released to an unspecified population not only cover the scene, but also penetrate into the remote and isolated villages, and people all over the world hear or feel this voice in their hearts. Even if the ears are plugged, the sound is still like ink dripping into the water.
People looked at each other, horrified at this incredible phenomenon.
If it is just an ordinary conversation, the resonance communication of brain quantum waves will certainly not be leaked to an unrelated third party.
The reason why the people were able to directly accept Li Lin's voice was not accidental, let alone a mistake, but Li Lin deliberately broadcast it to the world.
In order to show the world the new order that is coming, it is necessary to show the great power of live broadcasts and make people feel that "there is something other than common sense". Compared with audio-visual images, this kind of small details that seem to be close to each other can also make people fully understand the meaninglessness of existing values.
As expected, the awe-inspiring people looked up at the boy hovering in mid-air, quietly waiting for his next speech.
In the interface, a young man in white spreads out his hands, as if he has the world under his control.
"All of you in the encirclement of the Rhine Front, please become the cornerstone of the world. β
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The whole world fell silent.
The vast majority of people are unable to understand and react for a while.
They thought that there might be persuasion, there might be intimidation, there might be political advocacy and propaganda speeches...... Can be the cornerstone of the world? What does that mean exactly?
The answer was soon revealed by Li Lin.
"In order to bring about a new order in the world, and to eliminate the elements of insecurity that may threaten the new order, please die. β
So said the innocent smile.
There was absolutely no malice in that smile, and there was nothing pretentious, but it made it even more unusual.
It's like a child carrying a melted lead and preparing to fall down at the entrance of an anthill, expecting to get a complete model of a solid anthill made of lead.
It was by no means malicious, but it was more cruel than malice.
"Your death is not meaningless, and through your death the world will be reborn. Thousands of people will be happy, there will be no more wars, no more suffering...... Your deaths are the key to all of this. Therefore, please resist desperately, use all your wisdom and strength to struggle to the last moment, be sure to go to the other side without regrets, and be sure to let people all over the world witness ...... The New Order. β
The so-called public execution has no more than two purposes.
The first is to set an example by executing the offender in a humiliating and brutal manner as a warning to potential offenders or rebels. The second is to assert power β to show everyone that they are higher beings. Whether it is a criminal who has committed the most heinous crimes, or a resistance organization that fights to the death, it is only a fish belly to be slaughtered in the face of the violent apparatus of the state.
Today's executions are for the 700,000-strong army, as well as Charlemagne's undefeated Maiden, the strongest fighting force the Church has assembled so far. It is difficult for ordinary people to resist just hearing the number of 700,000, let alone those who are equivalent to saints and miracles. As long as they can be killed, everyone can understand the fact that "it is extremely stupid to resist Li Lin". After that, it was easier for Li Lin to establish a new order.
After all, Li Lin had already hinted almost explicitly in the manifesto - if anyone felt injustice or dissatisfaction with such a declaration, just use strength to challenge it. However, in the face of the ultimate existence that can easily slaughter what can be called the strongest combination of human combat power, it is almost impossible for anyone to try to fight against it.
The lives of all people here and the fate of the world are completely connected.
After understanding this association, people couldn't help but be a little shaken, and many even got goosebumps.
The whole world was silent, and in the face of this too one-sided, too arrogant and cruel declaration, people did not even have the strength to interject and refute for a while. Everyone just let the suffocating silence envelop the world and themselves, allowing a chaotic stream of thoughts and emotions to digest the manifesto, and then allowing the emotions that had started a chemical reaction to erupt.
"To die for...... You're the right !!."
The captain of the floatship, whose face had been twisted with anger and fear, roared angrily, and at the command of "Shoot the gun, kill that monster", flames erupted from the port side of the armed transport floatship.
This is not a rational command, much less a rational act.
Even with a new type of rear-loading rifled gun, it is almost impossible to hit a human-sized target at the extreme range. What's more, the gunner, who was also in extreme fear, fired a salvo with just a little aiming, and there was no accuracy at all.
Anyone with a modicum of sanity can understand that this kind of indiscriminate attack is unlikely to work on Li Lin at all. But the people who were in extreme tension and fear did not have the room to distinguish and judge this kind of thing, and the sound of the cannon was like a starting gun, and the floating warships surrounding Li Lin opened fire one after another, and for a time the cannon rumbled, the smoke of gunpowder covered the sky and the sun, and countless lead bullets crossed the sky. Across the communication terminal and the long distance, people can also feel the fierce and crazy atmosphere that permeates the scene from the picture. Looking at the dense barrage that can't even be counted, a question subconsciously arises in people's minds - has the dictator been bombed to slag?
Even a magician who transcends common sense, in the face of such a one-sided ravaging attack that is close to the level of collective lynching, can only be bombarded to the scum. No matter how strong that dictator is, I'm afraid he canβ
So says the common sense ingrained in people's heads.
However, after all, the so-called common sense is just the rules and regulations that human beings have explored within their own limits, and human common sense is used to interpret those beings that are above human beings...... This is clearly not wise.
Relatively speaking, those who poured cannonballs at Li Lin were not normal, but their performance was far more reasonable than that of bystanders.
Clearing, loading, aiming, firing, cleaning, loading...... The four actions have become the whole of their lives, and they don't care about anything else, they don't care about anything, they don't get distracted from other issues, only then can they save themselves from fear, only then can they forget for a moment what they are fighting against.
The last cannon was reloaded 10 minutes after the start of the shelling, and although Charlemagne's army was already short of ammunition by this time, it was only ten minutes that the remaining stocks that had been carefully stored were depleted, and the intensity of the shelling was evident. As the shelling ended, the adrenaline began to subside, and the passions that almost filled the head began to ebb. The gunners and crew, who had long been parched, licked their lips and stared wide-eyed at the little dissipating clumps of soot.
One historian wrote in his diary that day: "Looking at the clouds of smoke that obscured the sky and the dark red light that swirled in the smoke, I couldn't help but think of the magnificent cities that burned down in ancient times, or the descriptions of hell in the holy scriptures." Perhaps the ancestors also watched a similar scene and preserved their feelings with pen and paper forever. How fortunate I am to be able to document such a historic moment. But when I think about what happened next, when I think about what happened to those Charlemagnees, I don't feel lucky at all.
"Oops, oopsβ"
The smoke had not yet cleared, and a mocking, lazy voice sounded in everyone's heads again.
The expressions of the people on the ground, the people in the sky, including the powerhouses such as Roland and the Holy Maiden of Ji Elle, stiffened.
"I said it could be resisted, but could the trouble be attacked in a more efficient way? Or is this the limit?"
With a slightly helpless speech, the smoke suddenly disappeared without a trace, as if it had never existed. The sky is still blue, and the early summer sun shines all over the land.
In that unsullied sky, stood Li Lin, who was unscathed.
"Looks like we're running out of shells. Are you satisfied? Now it's my turn, right?"
The frightened people watched Li Lin slowly raise his right hand, and some of the captains who had been extremely brave before let out a sound between screaming and howling, and then turned around desperately to escape, and several ships that reacted quickly had already begun to turn around.
In the next instant, a crisp snap of the fingers sounded, and the fleet vanished.
Not only that, but even the two infantry battalions below them were lost.
They are not missing.
The gaze moved down slightly, and a flat smudge came into view.
That's the people who have lost their tracks, or what used to be people, warships, cannons, guns, and so on.
Everything seems to have been absorbed by the ground, completely flattened, compressed by forces beyond common sense into a nasty picture that is completely indistinguishable from the subject.
"Didn't I say that?"
Li Lin sighed.
"Please use all your strength and wisdom to do the dying struggle, so that at least you can die without regrets. β